The downgrade to Stage 2 was pretty short-lived. Thanks to the sudden tripping of three Kendal Power Station units, South Africa will be forced back to Stage 4 from 10 am today until 5 am Thursday.
Eskom announced in a tweet that the loss of these units has cost the power utility 1920 MW of maximum generating capacity. A full statement will be tweeted at some point today.
A sudden tripping of three Kendal Power Station units (1 920MW maximum generating capacity) has forced the implementation of Stage 4 loadshedding starting at 10:00 THIS morning until 05:00 on Thursday morning. A full statement will be published shortly
— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) September 13, 2022
The City of Cape Town has just announced that its customers can rest assured that the downgrade to Stage 2 will be maintained until noon today.
However, the City also warns that non-stop loadshedding at higher stages could impact both the Steenbras Dam generation capacity and subsequently the number of protection against loadshedding the City can provide in a given week.
From 12 pm to 10 pm, Cape Town will face Stage 3 and thereafter Stage 4 until 5 am Wednesday.
Load-shedding update.
Eskom is unfortunately moving to Stage 4 from 10:00.City customers 13 September
Stage 2: 10:00 – 12:00
Stage 3: 12:00 – 22:00
Stage 4: 22:00 – 05:0014 September
Stage 2: 05:00 – 12:00
Stage 3: 12:00 – 22:00
Stage 4: 22:00 – 05:00 on Thurs 15 September pic.twitter.com/LG1dH0qaBM— City of Cape Town (@CityofCT) September 13, 2022
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